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China makes historic landing on far side of the moon

• tithe 2y ago
  > hoping to exploit lunar minerals to sustain long-term astronaut missions and moon bases. Excuse my ignorance, but what minerals are of value on the moon? EDIT: Wikipedia provides! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_resources
  • rightbyte 2y ago
    "Sustain". I guess extracting oxygen from minerals etc?
• bhhaskin 2y ago
  And here we are scrubbing starliner again :/
  • tithe 2y ago
    True, but in this case (equipment / structural issues), it's better to be safe than sorry. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaste... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disas... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1#Accident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1#Accident
  • JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    > here we are scrubbing starliner again Starliner isn’t in America’s moon program, Artemis. SLS, Dragon, Orion and Starship are the relevant projects, and they’re progressing, if not at an ideal clip.
    • jfengel 2y ago
      I didn't actually realized that. I read that it's intended to get people to the ISS... which is not long for this world. I suppose it was begun well before it was clear that we'd be dismantling the ISS, but still... Maybe there will be a new space station at some point.
• gravescale 2y ago
  > ...from the dark lunar hemisphere. Argh! Every time! Pink Floyd has a lot to answer for.
  • defrost 2y ago
    It's not Obscured by Clouds either.
    • gravescale 2y ago
      At least it'd be accurate for a Venus mission!